For this StowAway keyboard interfacing project i got involved, I needed a keyboard. So there I went to the saturday's flea market in my city to find what has to be the cutest keyboard for the newton.



As you see, in the package was a no-brand PDA, the keyboard the user manual and, what a luck!, a TTL to RS-232 converter! Everything for 5 Euros!

What i like of this keyboard is that it's almost the same width as the newton.




I plan on making a special hinge for replacing the regular screen cover with it.





I found its protocol in a few minutes. 9600 bps, 8 data bits, no parity bit and 1 stop bit. It needs to be sent 10 "ú" characters every 30 seconds to keep it on. Because it has its own button battery. And more! it even has an integrated FM radio!